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1 TTT15 'MOllMXG OREGOXTATf. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914. WASHINGTON U WINS Oregon Again Is Defeated in Baseball at Eugene. RECORD NOW 2 STRAIGHT Bijrbee and Tuerck Unable to HoW Visitors Down and Ten HJts, Scoring Seven Runs, Are Good for Victory. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, May 7. (Special.) The University of Washington made 1t two straight today by defeating the University of Oregon by a score of 7 to 4. Undue familiar ity -with both Bigbee and Tuerck, the Oregon pitchers, -won the game for the Northerners. Oregon broke in front by scoring one run in the second Inning, but the vis itors scored four times in the fourth and retained their three-point lead un til the end of the game. Oregon started- a near-rally in the ninth, when Anunsen stretched a long fly Into a homer, following Bryant across the plate, Bryant, the Washington pitcher,' held the locals safe throughout. Patten, the Seattle right fielder, got four hits in as many trips. Today's result ties the two teams In the conference race, Oregon having de feated Washington twice in Seattle earlier in the season. The summary: R.1I.E.I R. H. E. Wash'ton.. 7 10 4Oregon 4 4 3 Batteries Bryant and Kerry; L. Big bee, Tuerck and Motschenbacher. FEDERAL LI.VGUK. Pittsburg 15, St. Ixxuls 7. ST. LOUIS. May 7. Pittsburg, by hitting Herbert and Keupper and by taking advantage of errors, defeated ijt. Louis, 15 to 7. It was the home club's fifth successive defeat. Score: R. H. E. ' Pittsburg. 03304320 0 15 15 2 St. Louis.. 00002230 0 7 13 9 Batteries. Camnltz, Barger and Ber ry; Keupper, Herbert and Simon. Kansas City 10, Buffalo 0. KANSAS CITT. May 7. The Kansas City Federals hit Pitcher Moore, of Buffalo-, at will today and shut out the visitors, 10 to 0. Score: R. H. E Buffalo... 00000000 0 0 8 4 Kan. City. 21003022 10 14 0 Batteries, Moore and Blair; Packard and Easterly. INDIANAPOLIS, May 7. Rain halt ed the game with the Baltimore Fed erals here today in the fifth inning, with no runs tallied for either team. Baltimore had made only one hit up to that time. Score: R.H.E. Indianapolis ..0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Batteries, Moseley and Rariden Suggs and Jacklitsch. Chicago-Brooklyn; no game; rain. out and hook his antagonist with his left. The Kid nodded and jumped off his stool like a tiger, -but, somehow for got to use his left. After three repeti tions Expo's adviser jumped all over him. "Why don't you do as I tell you?" he demanded. "Why don't you hit him with your left?" The Kid held out his gloved hands with a gesture of impatience. "You a fine second, I tella you dat. How you expect a man use left when you doan a tell him which et es?" , The weather forecaster is infallible alongside the fluctuations of baseball dope, but, from all appearances, this should be Cleveland's turn to cop the American League bunting. Heretofore the Naps have started like a Sysonby, only to finish like a truck horse. Hav ing started like the truck horse this year, they should now cause trouble Iat the close. . Mysterious Mitchell is twirling for I the Pittsburg Feds. It must feel like 1 the old Seal davs to Mitchell (Walkerl with Claude Berry behind the wind-pad. Sacramento's feat of piling up 86 hits last week against the Oaks is mighty close to a Coast League record. Port land's best performance this year was gainst the Seals the second week 54 hits. Jimmy Shinn. Senator outfielder, has it safely in 23 of the 30 games up to this series. His 41 hits have been good for 55 bases, thus stamping Shinn as one of our -best little biff artists. What is a successful agriculturist?" asks a country reader, who, as usual, holds to the theory that the sporting editor is the storehouse of all knowl edge. A successful agriculturist is one whose aged and childless uncle in the East is worth $500,000. . BRAVES AND BEARS LOSE KI RS WIS 5 TO 4 AND BUCKS ARE ARMORY BOXERS READY GOOD BOUTS PROMISED TONIGHT WITH MANY SLATED. Miloner, Beam Clnb Stmr, Too Busy Fighting Court to Keep 1b Trim for Ring. MADDEN ALLEGES FOULS BOND'S METHODS AT TACOMA SAID TO BE PECULIAR. Bine Marks In Strange Places Tell Qnrfr Story of Match la Arena Last Tuesday Night. VICTORS, 11 TO If nothing else the Armory Athletic Club will gain the distinction of stag ing at the Armory tonight the longes programme of the season, with the ex ceptlon of one. An addition to the programme Is th announcement that Fliestlnger, unat tached, will meet Trombeetus, of the Newsboys' Club. The two go on at 135 pounds. The making up of the programme .brought out the retirement of Maloney, the Beaver Club star. Maloney is a lawyer with a practice and says it takes too much time to keep in trim and after fighting all day in court he gets tired of doing the same at night. Maloney was to have met Billy Eyeman. The complete programme follows: 10o lbs. Abe, Gordan, Newsboys vs. Gon s&.lea, unattached. 303 lbs. Uriscoll, Beaver Club vs. Santel, Newsboys. 113 lbs. Holland, unattached vs. Mos cow, Newsboys. 115 lbs. Meagher, "Vancouver, vs. Feak, Woodlawn. 13 lbs. Masoot. Newsboys vs. Shea, un attached. l:iO lbs. Fredericks, unattached, vs. An derson, unattached. 133 lbs. Lorenz, Armory, vs. Callander, Battery A 135 lbs. Allen, Beaver Club, vs. Kelt, Woodlawn. 14fi lbs. Groce. Armory vs. Somroers, Woodlawn. 14", lbs. Wagner, Armory vs. Carlson, uq. attched. 150 ibs. Kepplnger, Armory, vs. Souther, land. Woodlawn. lbs. Schuld. unattached, vs. Groat, Beaver Club. , 13.' lbs. Flieatlneer, unattached, va Trombeetus. Newsboy. Judges Clark and Orifflth. Referee Thornton. Announcer Sergeant Hathaway. Timekeeper. Tommy I.uke. That "Marquis de Tacoma" and not the "Marquis de Queensberry" rules prevailed at the Madden-Bond match at Tacoma Tuesday night, and in that lies the reason for Larry s defeat, is the statement of Jack King, upon the return with his protege yesterday. 'Joe Bond has a future, probably but he never will win a battle outside of Tacoma If he expects to use such tactics as he did Tuesday night," says King. As evidence of Bond's methods. King offers as exhibit "A" a bunch of blue marks on Madden's body in places where they ought not to be. 'Bond hits anywhere from the knee up and the officials in Tacoma do not know what a foul looks like," con tinued the guardian of the pugilistic policeman. We pay no attention to that match. for it tells absolutely nothing. It is merely an incident. No one could beat Bond in hi3 own town and it's not up to us to do the impossible. "In any place outside of Tacoma, Larry will wallop the tar out of Bond in eight or 10 rounds and ask nothing further than a good hat for it." ' POLO FLA.YEKJ3 SAIL MAY K3 English to Sblp Ponies Week Before for Challenge Sleet. LONDON, May 7. Baron Wimborne, manager of the English polo team, which has challenged the Meadow brook Club for a match this Summer for the international polo trophy, held by the Americans, decided today to drop Major Matbew Lannowe, No. 2, on the team, for the match game Satur day with Walter S. Buckmaster's four. He will be replaced by Major J. T. D. Bingham, reputed to be a crack player. It was announced recently that the challenging team's ponies would be shipped to the United States May 16 and that the players would sail May 23. McKeen's Homer- la Eighth Inning Pats Team Ahead, But Yakima Comes Back la Ninth, Western Tri-State League Standings. W. L. Pet. I W. I. Pet. Walla W.. 15 12 .SOB Baker 14 13 .ol9 Pendletun. 15 12 .ioBi North Yak 10 17 .! Yesterday's Results. At Walla Walla Pendleton 11. Walla Walla 7. At Baker Baker 5, North Taklma 4. Baker and North Yakima, yesterday played a. seesaw contest at Baker, the Kubs defeating the Braves, 5 to 4, while at Walla Walla the Bucks trimmed -the Bears easily. 11 to 7. One home run was hit, that at Baker. At Walla Walla the Bucks massa cred the Bears, not even giving them look in. In the third, with two down, an error let a Buck on, then three singles, an error and a passed ball DUt three around the circuit. An other scored in the fourth and in the ixth came the slaughter, the team batting around and two over. Light hits, three - of them two-Daggers, an error and a passed ball gave seven runs. The Bears got two each In the third, fifth and sixth and one in the ninth, mainly through bunched hite. Six two-baggers and Lepper's triple were the feature hits. The score: R.H.E-1 R.H.JE. Pendl'ton .11 16 3Walla W...7 13 6 Batteries Schroeder, Osborne ana Pembrooke; Jonas, Leeper and Jackson. At Baker the Kubs won the contest, dropped it and again picked It up. Yakima went scoreless for six Innings, while Baker was getting three. In the seventh and eighth. Fulwider s support got shaky and French made costly er rors in each inning, the Braves getting three and tieing the score. In the eighth McKeen's homer put Baker ahead, but Yakima came back In the ninth on Peterson's double and Stokke's single and tied the score. Meill was pitching in this inning. In the last of the ninth French redeemed himself for his errors by singling and pilfering until he reached third and coming home when Fuller threw Sigsby's bunt at him. The score: R. H. E. R- H. E. N.Yakima. 4 10 HBaker 5 11 3 Batteries Louis and Fuller; Ful wider, Meili and King. This Sale Compares As a Mountain to a Molehill With Other Sales It Is a Sale With a Reason I Which Compels the Giving of the Greatest Values Ever Known Don't JMiss This Great Event Look Here! You Must Come to the Great 9 BOXING BRIEFS FRANK MORAN, who meets Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title on June 27, has defeated four colored heavies. Moran put the Bleeper to Jim Cameron, Dave Mills and Darky Smith, once each, and to Black Fitz Simmons twice. Moran's attempt to take the title back to the white race is looked upon by some as the most promising effort since Johnson won it . s James W. Coffroth thinks Willie Ritchie is one grand lightweight champion of the world. In a letter to a Chicago sporting editor. Sunny Jim says: "I've seen lightweight champions Mc Auliffe. Lavigne, Erne, Cans, Nelson and Wolgast and of all the brilliant bunch, I placed Gans at the head. "I've seen Ritchie in all his big bat tles on the Coast, and while I was always impressed with his clever work, it took the Murphy battle to make me place him along side Joe Gans, the "Old Master." Johnny Kilbane. the featherweight title holder is scheduled to meet Young Goldie at Pittsburg Saturday night. Goldie is the boy who made fine show ings against K. O. Mars, Patsy Branigan, Franky Conley and Jimmy Walsh. Vpt4J5 f) "Save Those . f Dollar." ggr V .Sfl.pSfM OF THE ENTIRE S60,000 S tock OF THE 104-106 Third St. JUST OFF WASH. ST. Peoples Clothing Co. Stock Is Being Sold Out for the Benefit of Creditors Under the Direction of a Creditors' Committee Cooling the Sport Tortillas CAL1F0RN1ANS WILL GO TRACK TEAM TO ATTEND RACES AT BOSTON MAY 2 AND 30. HOTEL MAN LOSES CASE MONOPOLY ON LIQUOR. TRADE IS ENDED BY COlItT DECREE. S1RANG1S are the vagaries of fate. Last Fall Cincinnati drafted Pitchers Douglass from Spokane and Barham from Victoria. Barham had a record of seven wins and three de feats, and Douglass 10 wins and 10 de feats. Now, after a short shift in the majors, Douglass has been found O. K. and Barham has been shifted back to the Coast, to San Francisco. And, it was San Francisco that sent Douglass to Spokane after forking over $1500 to the White Sox. Barham, br the way, is an Oregon boy. He reported to Delmas last Sum mer during one of their series in Port land. Barham is a big fellow, takes much better care of himself than the spltballer, Douglass, and ought to help the Seals. The Pacific -Coast League fight isn't six weeks old, and yet Oakland and Los Angeles are strong for mediation. This from C. J. Tidcombe, Five Firs Orchard Company, Scappoose, Or., will lie of interest to 5000 fishermen: "Found A spoon hook in the mouth of a 25-pound salmon. Owner can have same by applying to J. Johnson, Scap poose. According to a diligent statistician hack East, Christy Mathewson always wins on his birthday. Likewise, Christy wins on a great many other people's birthdays. Kid Exposito has Improved greatly In his boxing since deserting Portland for the San Francisco boxing game, but his physiology still needs tuning up. Recently, while making an uphill fight. his second, in despair, told Expo to go Captain Earl Crabbe, of Portland, to Be Entered in 880 and Mile Events for Third Time. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, May 7. (Special.) The ex ecutive committee of the University of California decided to send 10 men of the victorious track team east to the meet at Boston, May 29 and 30. The committee was moved by the showing of the Californians at the conference meet last Saturday when they defeated the pick of the Coast athletes in a re markable meet. Captain Earl Crabbe. of Portland, will be entered in the 880 and mile events. This is his third appearance at the . conference games. Edward Stanton will be the team's mainstay in the dashes. He is capable of 10 flat and 21 3-5 seconds in the 100 and 220, respectively. Harry Wood who, until Saturday, held the Coast record for the two miles will compete in this event. He was unable to run last week because of a bad tendon. The other members of the team are: Preble, with a record of 15 3-5 seconds; Maker, the high and broad Jumper; McFle.. the high jumper; Nichols, high jumper and pole vaulter; Bradway, broad jumper; Duque, broad jumper and Collidge, hammer thrower. The men leave Berkeley for Toronto, Canada, where they will do preliminary train ing on May 15. IDAHO SHOT-PI T RECORD GOES Xei Perce Boy . Throws Weight 4 4 Feet 1 Inch at Lewiston. MOSCOW, Idaho, May 7. (Special.) The feature of tne Idaho lnterschol asic track meet today at the varsity stadium was the cracking of the Idaho record in the shotput by Harbke, of Nes Perce High School, who made 4 feet one inch, raising the record maae by Phillips, of Lewiston, in 1911, of 43 feet three Inches. The record was made in the semi finals. But few final events were com pleted today. The Boise High School carried oil the honors today. Tomorrow will mark the finals. - ' NEW BALL OPINIONS SOUGHT Federal League Battery Hitting Too Far So Charge Is Made. CHICAGO, May 7. Secretary Lloyd Rickard. of the Federal League, tele graphed today all umpires and man agers of the circuit for opinions on the change made in the league's official ball which was made for the purpose of reducing its resilency. Too many long drives in President Gilmore's opinion, were made by the Federal batters, and at his request the manufacturers. . in the next batch of balls turned out inserted a layer of cotton lust beneath the leather cover, which, they estimated, would cut off 15 per cent of the ball s resilency. Princeton Tennis Men Winners. PRINCETON. N. J., May 7. The Princeton tennis team defeated Colum bia here today by the score or live sets to two. CENTRALIA ASKS RECALL Three Members of Conneil Face Serious Charges Filed. CENTRALIA. Wash., May 7. (Spe cial.) Petitions asking for the recall of Mayor H. W. -Thompson and Com missioners Albert Sears and William Keir were filed with the City Clerk this morning by Victor Jackson, but as no affidavit accompanied them, as required by law, the clerk refused to accept them, notifying Jackson by let ter of the circumstances. The petitions, placed in circulation two months ago, ask the recall of the officials on the following seven charges Allowing a saloon to sell liquor under conditions contrary to law; taking money from fallen women: permitting bawdy house to operate inside to city limits: permitting the sale or liquor in this same house: selling water for drinking purposes wnen tney Knew it to be Impure: allowing current ex pense fund to remain beyond its legal limit, and entering into a contract with a Portland cement firm for which Com missioner Sears Is local agent. Mayor Thompson was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at the time of his election, but resigned before assuming office. Don't Miss It, Gentlemen It Is Your One Grand Opportunity to Save Never Before in the History of the City Has Such High Grade Merchandise Been Sold at Such Low Prices All Straw Hats at Half Price All Collars, late styles, dozen 1.00 All $1.50 Manhattan Shirts now 1.15 J. B. Stetson Hats at 2.85 Lot $4.00 Stiff Hats, choice 1.00 All $20.00 Men's Suits now, choice 12.00 All $25.00 Suits at 17.00 All $35.00 Suits now at 22.00 SEE OUR WINDOWS 'There is a silver dollar there for you." Don't Forget This Great Sale for a Moment. Come Today or Saturday Sure Note This Location Carefully OPEN TILL 10:30 P. M. SATURDAY r 1 rA 1 AJ THIRD STREET, Just Off Washington St., Which Has Been the 1UD Home of This Great Store for Eighteen Years Oregon Normal, Monmouth High and City Training Schools were visited yesterday and addresses were made concerning the exhibits to be made at the annual Polk County Children's In dustrial Fair and the Oregon State Fair. Dlamlnnnl of Action Alleging Town Cornucopia Not Incorporated Close Long: Legal Battle. .STUDENT RALLY IS HELD of I Assembly Honors Those Who Worked for Idaho on Stage and Field. NEWS ABOUT RAILROADS BATTER, Or., May 7. (Special.) Quo warranto proceedings "brought In the name of the state against the Council of Cornucopia, asking by what right the Councilmen held office and alleg ing that the town had not been regu larly and 'legally incorporated, were dismissed, by Circuit Judge Anderson today. By the terms of the decision Charles Kellar, hotel man, with a state, liquor license at Cornucopia, loses the final round of a long battle to hold a mo nopoly on the retail liquor business of that place. Mr. Kellar had built a hotel of 50 rooms at Cornucopia and held his mo nopoly for years. When the town In corporated the Council was in a posi tion to grant licenses to other Tetail- ers. He brought one action in th County Court, lost it, and then induced District Attorney Godwin to brins ac tion in the name of the state. Judge Anderson held that, inasmuch as the County court had found that there were more than the requisite 150 inhabitants and that the 40 persons required, had signed the petition for the incorporation election, which was found to be regular, that the case was not subject to reversal by any other court. MOSCOW, Idaho, May 7. (Special.) One of the most enthusiastic student assemblies of the year was held at the university auditorium yesterday. In response to brief introductory re marks by President Brannon, spirited talks were made by Professor Angell, expressing the student body and fac ulty a appreciation of the work done in the recent presentation of "The Mi kado" by Professor Storer and his com pany and by Coaches Edmundson and Griffith on behalf of the track and baseball teams. The track: men who worked in the meet with Montana Sat urday were called to the stage, where, amid applause, they were awarded ribbons. Coach Griffith, spoke in behalf of the baseball team, which was given its share of applause. LAND BOARD REJECTS BIDS Offers for Salt Beds Held Await Appraisement. l"p to SALEM. Or.. May 7. (Special.) The State Land Board today rejected the two bids received for the leasing ftbe salt beds ol Summer and Al HVKFrVT ATTfifiK FflRFSTS bert lakes and withdrew them from tne marKet until an 111ves1.iKa1.1u1t the property could be made for the consideration of the Legislature. Jason Moore, representing New York capitalists, offered $1,000,000 for a lease of the beds and $250,000 for certain lands. Jahn Haak and Samuel Con neil, of Portland, offered $2,000,000 for 40-year lease. The board decided that it was lmpos pible to judge the value of the beds at this time. Idaho Hangers Begin. AVort on Belts Suffering Prom Beetles. OROFINO, Idaho, Mav 7. (Special.) With favorable weather conditions and the season advanced fully a month over that of previous years, forest rangers are beginning to assemble their crews for the Summer's work in the Clearwater National forest. Several of the rangers along the North Fork of the Clearwater River will have con siderable road and trail work for the season, and will get started as early possible with good-sized crews. Destructive insects are working havoc along some of the streams, and an effort will be made to combat the beetles in the Idaho forests during the Summer. Timber cruisers say that thousands of feet of white pine are being destroyed annually by the oper ations of these small insects. Kidgefield Sends Track Team. RIDGEFIELD, Wash., 'May 7. (Spe cial.) Etx athletes of the Ridgefleld High School track team, cdnsisting of Clarence Brunkow, William Horst, Oscar Shobert, Miles Murray, Claude Potter and Lee Weber, accompanied by their cosch and trainer,- Ernest E. Jones, left here tonight for Eugene, Or, to attend the tlniversity of Ore gon's interscholastic meet, 'May 9. Coach Jones will enter his men in the preliminaries to be held Friday, May 8. Thre ia a Bible written on palm leaves in Qottlngen University. WOMEN BARBERS WIN OUT Seattle Central Gives Indorsement for Union After long Fight. SEATTLE. May 7. The Seattle Cen tral Labor Union has adopted a resolu tion in favor of the unionizing of wo men barbers, and has notified the In ternational Barbers' Union of the action taken. The International Union has stead fastly refused to admit women to mem bership. Deschutes Land Filed by Settlers. THE DALLES, Or, May 7. (Special.) One hundred and fifteen filings have been made by prospective homesteaders on tracts of land in Wasco, Crook, Wheeler and Sherman counties. In the Deschutes reserve, which was opened to settlement May J. Applications con tinue to come in every day. and local land office officials expect this- number to be Increased to 150 by the end of the week. PENSIONS MAY BE CUT Washington Objects to Sending Funds Out of State to Beneficiaries. UNION HAS 4412 ELECTORS Before General Election Registration Expected to Reach 5O0O4 LA GRANDE, Or., May 7. (Special The total registration for the 29 pre clncts of Union County show the Re publicans well in the lead. The total registration is 4412, divided as follows Republicans, 2155: Democrats, 1530 Prohibitionists, 243: Socialists, 162 Progressives, 146; miscellaneous. 176. It is presumed the registration be fore the general election will reach 5000. Of the number so far registered about 1000 are women. OLYMPIA. Wash., May 7. (Special.) Amendment of the workmen s com pensation act, to abolish or reduce pay ments of pensions to residents of for eign countries, is foreshadowed by compilation of data on this subject now being made by the Industrial Insurance Commission for the next Legislature. Already, statistics show, $20,000 ha, been sent outside of this country in pensions, the bill being met by the in dustries of the state, while an addition al $125,000 has been set aside as re serves to meet future pension pay ments. Oak View Would Secede. CENTRALIA. Wash.. May 7. (Spe cial.) Petitions recently placed in cir culation in the Oak View section, north of Centralia, asking that it be separat ed from the Centralia school distric and made into an Independent district were presented today to M. L. Carrier, County Superintendent of Schools. If the County Superintendent fails to grant the petition, the school patron assert their intention to appeal to th Lewis County Commissioners. Field Worker Sees Folk Schools. MONMOUTH, Or, May 7. (Special.) N. C. Marls, assistant field worker for the Oregon Industrial Club projects, is making a tour of the schools of Polk County In company with County Superintendent H. C. Seymour. The Douglas Registration 6S25. ROSEBURG, Or., May 7. (Special.) Douglas County's registration is: Re publican, 3945; Democrat. 1935; Pro gressive. 100; Prohibition, 183; Socialist 297: Independent. 16o. The total 1 6625. The women registration is esti mated at one-third the men. A REHEARING has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion on certain phases of the Denver, Spokane, Silver Bow and Butte gate way cases, which recently were decid ed adversely to the Union Pacific sys tem. The evidence originally taken in the hearings at Portland and elsewhere will be considered. It is understood that the commission will grant . the Union Pacific system nes an opportunity to argue on those particulars in which they will be re- ulred to shorthaul themselves in the vent the gateways remain open in ac cordance with the commission's decis ion. Dates for the rehearing have not een set, but it is understood that the orthwestern lumber interest and others who opposed the original clos ing again will contest the Union Pa ific. J. A. Munroe. traffic vice-president of the Union Pacific, who has been in Portland for the last few days, looks for better times immediately follow- ng movement of this year's crops. Con ditions for a big- harvest are excellent, he says. Mr. Munroe, accompanied by William McMurray. general passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, left last night for Seattle. He will return home via Spokane. Butte and Salt Lake City. A party of Great Northern immigra tion officials is due in Portland today. The group will be headed by E. C. Leedy. general immigration agent, and W. R. Mills, advertising agent. William Blonder, Great Northern immigration agent in London, arrived in Portland yesterday in advance of the others. He used to be right of way agent for the Mount Hood Railroad and left Portland about two years ago. He says he likes his European assignment first-rate and predicts a heavy move ment of immigrants in this direction following completion of the Panama Canal. C. E. Benjamin, general passenger gent for the Canadian Pacific, ar rived In Portland yesterday for a brief business visit. Mr. Benjamin's head quarters are in Montreal. He thinks the tourist traffic to the Coast this year will maintain its usual propor tions despite the tendency to hold off for the fair next year. Roseburg wants a railroad to the coast. They are going to have a mass meeting in the Antlers Theater there tonight to discuss plans of financing such a project. They propose to fol low much the same line as that fol lowed by the people of Grants Pass if such a plan is possible. At Grants Pass they issued $500,000 worth of municipal bonds to assist inlaying for railroad to Crescent, Cal. I he road now is being built. Roseburg hasn't determined to what point on the coast its proposed line will be built. Marshfield, however, will be the probable terminal. The soutnern Pacific at one time planned to build from Roseburg to Marshfield. There are some advantages in building that wav. Grades are easier, engineers say. The line now operating between Marsh field and Myrtle Point originally was intended to go to Roseburg. The Roseburg people are determined to get their line started and expect to have the project well under way before the end of the present Summer. They expect eventually to make the proposed road a part of existing rail road properties. day, July 12. ' The O.-W. R. & N. Com pany will operate enough special trains to accommodate the crowd. The picnic grounds are being improved and will be in splendid shape for this season's festivities. A round trip rate of one and one- third on the certificate plan has been maae Dy the carriers for the Pacific Coast Ad Men's convention at Van couver, B. C, next month. The Northern Pacific Is sending out postcard reminders of Mothers' day, which will be observed next Sunday. Pictures of carnations the official Mothers' day flower are embossed on one side of the card". The North Bank Club, composed of employes of the North Bank and affili ated railroads will give a dancing party at Cotillion Hull Monday night. The patronesses are Mrs. L. K. Knowl ton. Mrs. E. L. Cronkrite. Mrs. M. Bar ger. Mrs. W. C. Wilkes and Mrs. G. R. Williams. J. P. O'Brien, vice-president and gen eral manager of the O.-W. Ft. & N. Company, is making a trip over the line. He is accompanied by N. C. Soule, has chief clerk. They will be out about a week. William Harder, the veteran general rent of the Great Northern, who re cently underwent an .operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital, was in his office yesterday for the first time. Ho will not return to his desk regularly, however, until after the Great North ern general offices are moved into the Morgan building, which will be late next week.. An advance sale of Eastern excursion tickets to Chicago and return will lo made by all lines in Portland on May 16, 18, 19 and 20. This sale is intended to cover the Presbyterian church con ference and the Saengerfest which will be held in Chicago late this month. The usual Summer tourist rate of $72.50 will apply. The return limit will be October 31. The regular Summer tour ist sale starts June 1. The Chicago & Northwestern has named two assistant general passen ger agents to succeed the late James W. Munn. They are Maurice R. Laliy and Robert Thomson, both well known in this territory. The Southern Pacific has filed in the United States District Court at Stat Lake City its answer in the Govern ment suit to divorce the Central Pa cific from the Southern Pacific. The answer, after specifically deny ing all allegations, that the Sherman anti-trust law has been violated, points out not only that the two lines were originally built, operated and de veloped as one road, but that as far back as 1898 the United States Govern ment itself practically recognized the combination as wholesome. It asserts that In the joint opera tion of these lines through trains have been run by the most direct route with out reference to their ownership and that any separation of the Central Pa cific lines from those of the Southern Pacific cannot now - be had without detriment to both properties and with out impairing and Inconveniencing the public service and the communities through which the lines pass. The next Transportation Club dance and card party will be held at the Multnomah Hotel Tuesday night. May 19. It will be a shirtwaist affair. Both men and women are expected to ap pear in shirtwaists. Men who have no such garments can dance in their shirt sleeves. The orchestra will turn out in "ice cream" suits. Employes of the Meier & Frank Com pany will picnic at Bonneville on Bun- Mazamas to Have Week-End Trip. The Mazamas will leave town Satur day at 4 P. M. on the Oi-W. R. & N. and go to Rooster Rock. The party will camp all night on Tnor's Point, to take in the sunset and moonrise on the Co lumbia. Those not able to go Saturday will go out Sunday morning., when the entire party will tramp across tire country to Cottrell. on the Mount Hood Railway, from which the return to town will be made.